Take Action Tuesday: Raising Hope

By Debbie | February 19, 2013 |

There have been a few commercials lately with chimpanzees, but it’s been awhile since we’ve heard of one in a television or film production. However, a couple weeks ago the show Raising Hope aired a two-part episode with two different chimpanzees, one of whom is a very young baby. Additionally, earlier in the season they…

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Whole lotta love!

By Debbie | February 14, 2013 |

Lots of people have shown their love for the Cle Elum Seven this Valentine’s Day! Both Adrienne A. and Tracy H. sponsored today for the chimps! It’s also volunteer Stephanie’s birthday today and she brought tons of party supplies. We also got some awesome Valentine’s themed enrichment donated from Felicity W., Tamela B., and Dick…

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Pomegranates + show some love!

By Debbie | February 11, 2013 |

I can’t believe it’s already almost half-way through February! That means Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, and we have a super spiffy card you can send to your special someone. Just make a donation in honor of your Valentine before noon tomorrow and they’ll get a nice “It’s Good to Be Loved” card.…

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Take Action Tuesday: Chimps in more commercials

By Debbie | February 5, 2013 |

Thankfully, Sunday’s SuperBowl game didn’t have any surprise chimp commercials—let’s hope CareerBuilder continues to listen to advocates and steer clear of any such thing. Even if they do choose to do another chimp commercial in the future (because they haven’t yet pledged otherwise) hopefully they can follow Adobe’s example and use CGI instead of a…

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Food service

By Debbie | January 31, 2013 |

At CSNW, we follow the philosophy that the chimpanzees are in captivity not by choice, and we see it as our duty to let them live their lives out in the best possible way. Essentially, we see ourselves as servants. We clean their enclosures, we serve them their meals, and we play games that cater…

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Take Action Tuesday: NIH comment form

By Debbie | January 29, 2013 |

Last week we sent out a newsletter regarding the good news from the NIH working group who met last Tuesday. To review some of the main points from the report, read Sarah’s blog here. They made several recommendations, but the biggest bottom line is: most of the chimpanzees currently being used in research should be…

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Missy before and after

By Debbie | January 28, 2013 |

I sometimes think it is really interesting to look back at the photos of the chimps’ first few days in sanctuary. It’s shocking how much they have changed. Here is a picture of Missy in June 2008: And here is one from earlier this month:

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I have a plan

By Debbie | January 26, 2013 |

I have a plan. As mentioned a few times lately, Jamie can at times be challenging to enrich. She is always keeping us guessing and we are continually trying to find new ways to keep her occupied. Sometimes she will request something by stomping and pointing her finger (but not always directed at something specific).…

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Take Action Tuesday: Another chimp ad + how to help orangutans

By Debbie | January 22, 2013 |

If you haven’t heard, Great Clips had a commercial a couple weeks ago that featured a chimpanzee. Just a day after our alert went out and folks wrote to them, the CEO made a statement saying they would pull the ad and never work with apes again! Victories like this keep the momentum going—your letter writing…

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